14 killed in Pakistan road accident

Islamabad, March 25, 2015 (PTI)  At least 14 people, including women, were killed and 15 others injured on Wednesday when an over-speeding Karachi-bound bus collided head-on with a truck in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province.

The accident occurred when a passenger bus, going from Islamabad to Karachi, had a head-on collision with a truck in Satharja area of Kahirpur district, police said.

14 people were



killed and 15 others injured, a police official said, adding that the rescue team reached the accident site and retrieved bodies from the wreckage of the bus.

An emergency was declared at Khairpur Civil Hospital where doctors confirmed that 13 people had died and 15 others, including women and children, were wounded in the mishap.

The accident was caused by over-speeding, police said.